#ABA8BD#ABA8BD

#ABA8BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.030 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8BD
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(249, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 5.20, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 11.59, 296.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0114 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.03 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9807, 40.3371, 53.8138)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8BD #BABDA8

analogous

#A8B0BD #ABA8BD #B5A8BD

triadic

#ABA8BD #BDABA8 #A8BDAB

tetradic

#ABA8BD #BDA8B0 #BABDA8 #A8BDB5

square

#ABA8BD #BDA8B0 #BABDA8 #A8BDB5

split-complementary

#ABA8BD #BDB5A8 #B0BDA8

monochromatic

#6A6585 #8985A3 #ABA8BD #CDCBD7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ABA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8BD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8BD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.030 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d0',
    500: '#aba8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8bd;
$custom-light: #c4c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.03009,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8BD

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#984E8D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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